LostInCheeseland
- Location
- Paris, France
- Bio
- I'm a Paris transplant from Philadelphia, working in marketing & communications. This collection of musings about my life in Paris is not meant to offend or criticize but serves rather as a forum of expression. I live in the 11th with my husband and cat. These are my stories.
See the original home for these posts: www.lostincheeseland.com
MY RECENT POSTS
- Franco File Friday: Anne of
Prêt à Voyager
May 05, 2011 07:01PM - World Give Day
May 03, 2011 09:00PM - Perspective and Great Coffee
at Le Bal Café
May 02, 2011 05:36PM - Franco File Friday: Ally of
From the Right Bank
April 28, 2011 09:33PM - How to Become a French Expat
April 27, 2011 04:32PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thank you! She
definitely is a hopeless
flâneur, like
me! Check
out her blo…”
April 11, 2011 02:21AM - “FusunA - yes, I've seen
her site on here!”
March 18, 2011 03:16PM - “GHung - je suis
bilingue, je parle
français, mais
pourquoi
j'ai besoin
d'&…”
March 18, 2011 03:16PM - “Elijah - your comment
made me laugh!! Thank
you!
Green heron: my
Frenchie doesn't…”
February 14, 2011 10:27AM - “Thank you all for your
comments! I appreciate your
thoughts
and it's helpful to
k…”
November 14, 2010 04:36PM
LostInCheeseland's Links
MAY 5, 2011 7:01PM
Franco File Friday: Anne of Prêt à Voyager
{Me and my gnome at Paris café. (Photo by the lovely
Meg)}
If I could back and specialize in another area of Communication is would be graphic design/visual communication. Of course, there is a distinct possibility my life would have unfurled differently, perhaps even without Paris (and its star Fre/…
MAY 3, 2011 9:00PM
World Give Day
Growing up in Pennsylvania and living in France are quite similar in certain ways. What immediately comes to mind is the fact that both are relatively free of weather risk - earthquakes are unheard of, tornadoes are rare (though possible in rural PA), hurricanes pass over us leaving… Read full post »
MAY 2, 2011 5:36PM
Perspective and Great Coffee at Le Bal Café
Saturday morning I sat down with a student from NYU to answer questions pertaining to her ongoing research for her thesis. She's looking at the modern expat experience in relation to that of the 1920's and 30's as well as the perception of Paris as fantasy vs. reality. Embedded in… Read full post »
APRIL 28, 2011 9:33PM
Franco File Friday: Ally of From the Right Bank
All week I've been trying to recall how I initially came across Ally's interior design blog, From the Right Bank, but to no success. I do, however, remember being instantly drawn to the name. An avid traveler and interior design consultant, Ally created her blog back in 2009 as a/…
APRIL 27, 2011 4:32PM
How to Become a French Expat
If you're someone who believes that living in France is like vacationing in France, you might want to leave this page now. Life abroad isn't all market-hopping, croissant-eating, wine-slurping, terrace-lounging and baguette-chomping, surprisingly enough. That's part of it, but there's another side w… Read full post »
APRIL 21, 2011 9:00PM
Franco File Friday: Linda, Editor/Founder of Parisien Salon
I
frequently receive emails from readers who have spent much of their
lives dreaming about France and hoping an opportunity to move
abroad will serendipitously present itself. When it doesn't happen
on a permanent basis, they live vicariously through French-themed
blogs and websites and do everythin… Read full post »
APRIL 14, 2011 8:00PM
Franco File Friday: Kirsten Alana
When I look at my blog over the last year and a half, I'm astounded by how much my photos have evolved and gained importance to what I write. My interest in photography grows daily and with continued practice, I think I'm improving. I have begun to see my surroundings/…
APRIL 12, 2011 8:00PM
Scenes from the South
Sometimes, if we wish hard enough, the stars align and shower us with good fortune. Sometimes, this good fortune comes in the form of new opportunities, unseasonably stellar weather and weekends our schedules don't conflict with those of our friends./…
APRIL 7, 2011 6:00PM
Franco File Friday: Ann Mah
Ann Mah has been all over. Originally from California, she worked in publishing in New York for Viking Peguin before calling Beijing her home. For four years she was the dining editor of That's Beijing, an English-language magazine, similar to her main character Isabelle Lee in her debut/… Read full post »
APRIL 5, 2011 9:14AM
Get Inspired: The European Independent Film Festival
This past weekend marked the 6th annual European Independent Film Festival and I was invited to attend film screenings, which included student films, and meet artists from not only all corners of Europe but from the States as well. 77 films from 26 different countries showcased over 3 days; a/…
APRIL 1, 2011 4:21AM
Franco File Friday: Winston Alford-Hamburg
Winston, a fellow Philadelphia native, and I have known each other for a few years but really only became close over the last nine months while he's been living in Paris. He studies architecture at NYU, sports a sophisticated culinary palette and takes photos like a pro, all at 19 years ol… Read full post »
MARCH 30, 2011 6:00AM
The Allure of Rue Montorgueil
Aside
from the obvious reasons - the charm of the pedestrian market
street, the restaurants, people watching, famous bakeries, fromageries and
attractive yuppies - rue Montorgueil holds particular significance
to my Parisian identity. I'm not the only one, it would seem.
Nichole
stays in the neighbo/… Read full post »
MARCH 28, 2011 3:38PM
Living Large in Paris
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It would appear that Lenny Kravitz is living large in the 16th arrondissement which, given his age, profession and overall fierceness, is a real shame. He should use his bottomless pockets of money toward a Parisian castle in the Marais,/…
MARCH 26, 2011 10:21AM
Out with Deneuve, in with...?
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In the almost-five years I've lived in Paris, I've meticulously observed the women around me. I've seen their styles change, the trends evolve and the sartorial paradigm shift from classically bourgeois (read: safe) to romantic bohemian. The young/…
MARCH 25, 2011 3:00AM
Franco File Friday: Bright Bazaar
When we bought our apartment the most exciting part of moving in was realizing the decorative potential of our space, albeit it very small. The bedroom and kitchen are the most colorful while the living room (and dining room, as it were) feature more natural, earthy tones with touches/…
MARCH 23, 2011 11:32AM
Wanderlust: Around the World in 2000 Pictures
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Initially I was content to just travel through France, the place I dreamed of since I first began learning French in 7th grade. Then came the desire to see more - Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Morocco, Japan, Australia....t/… Read full post »
MARCH 21, 2011 11:42AM
Pizza Chic: What's in a Name?
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet." Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2)
Well, not always. You can
probably bet that the quality of the food at a place called
“Cheaper Foodâ€, and
“Very Nice Pizza†(they really
exist) are… Read full post »
MARCH 17, 2011 9:00PM
Franco File Friday: Andi Fisher
I liked Andi Fisher before I even read her
blog. My childhood babysitter was named Andi and one of my closest
friends from grad school sports the same. Andi is the Senior
Manager for Social Media at
Dolby Laboratories and the master blogger on Misadventures with Andi
where she posts/
… Read full post »
MARCH 15, 2011 4:00AM
What does France mean to you?
Can a country be considered a brand whose
values, attractions and cultural gifts should be promoted like any
other? Absolutely. Here's an interesting approach by France's
primary multilingual reference portal, France.fr. Commentary
(English/French) from figures like Elie Wiesel, Moby, Jeff
Koo/… Read full post »
MARCH 11, 2011 8:23AM
Franco File Friday: Fleurishing
Time for a new series. Well, we'll see how
long I keep it going but I like the idea of it and I think it could
not only introduce you to different blogs but provide inspiration
for places to check out on future travels to France. With that, I
inaugurate Franco… Read full post »
MARCH 10, 2011 12:00PM
Negotiating Sexuality in France
A first visit to the
gynecologist, though fraught with dread and embarrassment, is one
of the pivotal milestones in womanhood. It symbolizes one step away
from youth, taking our sexual health into our own hands and
accepting the fact that a stranger must examine our lady parts
quite intimately to… Read full post »
MARCH 4, 2011 11:00AM
Weekend Recovery
Mondays always seem to start out rough. By the
end of the day most Mondays, I feel defeated and convinced that the
week will only go downhill. By midweek I'm almost always proven
wrong. As social media/life guru Seth Godin said (this is the first
and last time I… Read full post »
MARCH 3, 2011 1:02PM
Supporting the Locals: Le Pearl
I love a good story. I especially love a good entrepreneurial story.
Walking down rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud,
it is all too easy to pass over Le Pearl, a cozy new restaurant
only a hop away from venerable hotspots Astier and Jeanne A. For
several months, I walked past… Read full post »
FEBRUARY 25, 2011 5:37PM
A Suburban Getaway
{Lulu, not
Cali}
Mr. Cheeseland likes to remind me how much
more space we could have for our money were we to make the move out
to the suburbs.
"We could have a huge kitchen, a garden and
more space for Cali to play".
"Who are you kidding?", I always say.… Read full post »
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